By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
England captain Harry Kane has shared a video message saying goodbye to Tottenham Hotspur, as Bayern Munich prepare to announce his arrival.
Kane 30, is set to sign a deal worth more than 110m euros (£95m) at the German champions.
He leaves Premier League Spurs as their all-time top scorer with 280 goals in 435 appearances.
“Hi everyone, I wanted to be the first to tell you Tottenham fans that I will be leaving the club today,” he said. “Obviously a lot of emotions going through me right now, sad to be leaving the club I’ve spent nearly 20 years of my life at from an 11-year-old boy to a 30-year-old man.”, Kane said in a post on social media.
His future has been uncertain all summer because he had only one year left on his contract at Spurs.
“I felt this was the time to leave. I didn’t want to go into the season with a lot of unresolved talk,” Kane added.
Hard to put into words how to say goodbye to a club and fans who have done so much for me in my career. You will always be in my heart. Thank you Tottenham, thank you Tottenham fans. ? pic.twitter.com/L662cyax7p
— Harry Kane (@HKane) August 12, 2023
“I think it’s important for the new manager and the players to concentrate on trying to get Tottenham back to around the top of the table and fighting for trophies.”
Kane has won the Premier League Golden Boot three times – in 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2020-21 – and with 213 goals from 320 games in the English top flight, he needed just 48 more to break Alan Shearer’s Premier League scoring record.
Been an incredible welcome for me and my family in Munich in the last 24 hours! Buzzing to have signed for such a massive club with an incredible history, can’t wait to get started! #miasanmia pic.twitter.com/4TjgCGJ70Z
— Harry Kane (@HKane) August 12, 2023
Kane, who is England’s all-time leading scorer with 58 international goals, has never won a major trophy with club or country.